News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Bryan Jones, 45, of Jackson, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan to 27 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for extortion by use of his position as a police officer, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former U.S. Navy Contractor, Andrew Persaud, age 44, of North Potomac, Maryland, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo in Harrisburg to 21 months’ incarceration...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: FBI Seeks Serial Bank Robbed Dubbed Scruffy Faced Bandit.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that United States District Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced JASON CHRISTOPHER DEVILLIER, age 45, for his convictions in connection with a scheme to defraud Whitney Bank. This summer, DEVILLIER pled guilty to bank fraud and fraudulent receipt of bank funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Aaron Davidson pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with his involvement in schemes involving the payment of bribes to a high-ranking soccer official in exchange for media and marketing rights to international soccer...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: The following are remarks by Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, as prepared for delivery at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law's "Opioids: An Interdisciplinary Symposium," on Oct. 20, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Memphis, Tenn., man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing a bank in Thayer, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Operation Cross Country X, West Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at 1:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 68 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: A swimming-related fatality occurred during the afternoon on Oct. 19, 2016 off the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) in the Buxton area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Andre M. Straughn, 40, of Milton, Florida, was sentenced late yesterday to 15 ½ years in prison for receipt and transportation of child pornography, as well as making a false statement to a federal agent. After incarceration, Straughn will serve 10 years of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Palm Beach County resident pleads guilty to production of child pornography and enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GREGORY GIBSON, age 33, of Chalmette, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT / LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley advises the public today of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s role during the upcoming November 8, 2016 general elections and the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: A Streetsboro man was indicted in federal court of drug and firearms violations, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Eddie Ray Rios, 58, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on Oct. 19, 2016, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana and for carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Rios was arrested ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), announced the arrest and charges against MYONG HWAN HAN, a/k/a “David Han," for mail fraud and conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Oct. 18, 2016, a grand jury in Scranton charged Robert Stoddard, age 46, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Allenwood, Pennsylvania, (USP Allenwood) with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of contraband.
